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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values (was: Unicode in strings)
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 02:52:06 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 29 May 2024 01:26:26 -0600, John Savard wrote:

> My objection is that the GOTO statement affected by the ALTER GOTO does
> not have a form which clearly and unambiguously indicates that it is
> potentially alterable by an ALTER GOTO statement.

It has a label. Normal GOTO statements don’t need labels.

Not much to go on, I know, but there it is. Machine efficiency was 
considered more important than program maintainability in those days.